{"product_id":"9780006394334","title":"How To Be Alone","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHow To Be Alone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Jonathan Franzen, the National Book Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/em\u003e, here are fourteen provocative and entertaining answers to the question of how to be alone in a noisy and distracting mass culture. Although Franzen’s subjects range from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each piece wrestles with essential themes of his writing: the erosion of civic life and private dignity, the dubious claims of technology and psychology, the tragic shape of the individual life.Recent pieces include a moving essay on his father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease and a rueful account of Franzen’s brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author.\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that will further cement Franzen’s reputation as one of the sharpest, toughest, and liveliest writers at work today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006394334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41087050907854,"sku":"9780006394334","price":15.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006394334","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}